![[characters_banner_2.webp]] `Apr. 22, 2025` · [[Horseapple]] · #Fragment #Characters #Bannerlord > [!custom-callout]- All mentions *Pulled from* [[3-Travels-in-Calradia-(DLC)]] — “From here, we turned southwest, climbing the long rocky slopes of the Uchalion plateau, the last refuge of the Battanians. Fiogrin was very talkative on the journey. To me, the Battanian landscape is all rocks and grass and oak-groves and heather, but to a bard it is a tapestry of stories, particularly fanciful explanations of place-names. Over there is the village Diantogmail, which sounds a bit like the Battanian words for "slippery" and "stoat." Clearly, that was where Old Mon had pursued one of the Emperor's magicians, who transformed himself into a stoat to escape. (Needless to say there is no record of an emperor who employed magicians.) Over here is where the hero Calain, gripped by battle-madness, bit his shield before fighting an enemy and spit out the rim and formed that clump of rocks, Basciath, Shield-Snack.” — “My companions told me that Battanians associate Seonon in their songs and legends with madness and tragedy. On the outskirts of the town we saw a holy man down by the lake water, dressed in rags and covered in tattoos. The travelers said that he drinks nothing but water from 'the Sacred Lake', which allows him to speak with ancestors who have passed into the Otherworld. Such holy men are allowed to wander freely through the land, even into the great halls of chieftains, whom they frequently berate for violating this ancient taboo or that. But, although Caladog has more to rebuke about him than any High King in memory, they do not trouble him. He goes down to the water and speaks at length with them, convincing them of his great mission to reclaim Calradia-Conti. for the Battanians, as though he were the second coming of Mon himself.” > > *Pulled from* [[3-settlements-(Bannerlord)]] — “Car Banseth sits high on the cliffs of Ailta Druin. Staring north on a clear day, across lands that were once Battanian but are now held by the Sturgians and Vlandians, one can see the waters of the Bay of Varcheg. It is said that those who keep faith will one day witness from this high point the ships of the vanished High King Mon, who shall return to deliver his people from their enemies. But today, one is far more likely to see the sails of Nordic adventurers and mercenaries, coming to assist the foreigners in their relentless push into Battanian land.” > &emsp;&emsp;<br> ![[encyclopedia_calradica.gif|center|300]]<br> >*“A massive `Mount & Blade` wikipedia.”*<br>About [Encyclopædia Calradica](About-the-Encyclopædia.md)<br>About the [Project](Project-(Pillar).md)<br>About the [Author](Horseapple.md) <br>&emsp;&emsp;